Hazrat Umme Haani — Page 24
24 Khalifah —‘Successor’, which herein means the person who continues the mission of a Prophet. Caliph is derived from this Arabic word. Khulafaa-e-Raashideen —Applied to first four khulafaa’ who con- tinued the mission of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw: Hazrat Abu Bakr ra, Hazrat ‘Umar ra, Haz- rat Uthmaan ra, and Hazrat ‘Ali ra. Rak‘at —One unit of formal wor- ship prescribed in Islam. Plural is rak‘aat. Ramadan —It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar in which able-bodied Muslims are directed to fast. Salat —Five daily prayers that are ob- ligatory for Muslims. Surah —A term in Arabic referring to a chapter of the Holy Qur’an. Umme —From the Arabc Umm, which means ‘mother’; When coupled with a child’s name, it is known as the kunyat of a mother (e. g. Umme Haani, or Mother of Haani ra)